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[swerve]

Since it fucks up region sales and so on. Which was the reasoning why they locked it in first place.

No, they locked it because they have an online store and it's their chosen way to deal with licensing/user accounts. Same for Wii, which was unlocked until very late stages (Perrin Kaplan famously not getting the memo).

 

[Vinterbird]

No, they locked it because they have an online store and it's their chosen way to deal with licensing/user accounts. Same for Wii, which was unlocked until very late stages (Perrin Kaplan famously not getting the memo).

In that case, they could have had their locked online store, but unlocked DSi exclusive physical games. Which was not the case.

 

[Android18a]

I don't want no fancy-smancy art on my Zelda box. I want this. With glorious shiny gold for the background. And no "3D" tacked onto the game title.

Keeping it old-school.

 

[Chairhome]

What does that mean? I'm right handed and I reach for my wallet with my left hand. I even pull my keys out and open the car door lock with my left hand. Does that mean I'm screwed too?

Uh... it was a joke about how he's so rich from making games for righties.

 

[Chairhome]

In that case, they could have had their locked online store, but unlocked DSi exclusive physical games. Which was not the case.

Isn't this a non issue right now since there are like... two dsi exclusive games?

 

[Cheesemeister]

If the worry is that people will confuse DS and 3DS boxes, I'd rather have the logo on the top than on the right.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to trying it out in the morning.

 

[Vinterbird]

Isn't this a non issue right now since there are like... two dsi exclusive games?

In the case of the DSi - sure. But it is an indication of where Nintendo is going with their systems. Meaning the 3DS will region locked.

 

[Boogiepop]

Yup. And therefore close to unplayable for all us left handed people.

Personally, I'm thinking of taking the thumb strap off my DS Phat and using that if I can't get used to trying to use the stylus righty. Generally worked pretty well for me whenever I needed it on the DS...

 

[MarshMellow96]

I play DS games with the stylus in my right hand and I'm left handed. I'm going to hell I think :lol

 

[Why would you do that?]

Super Street Fighter IV sounds pretty awesome.

I like how you can download play with the download play. In other words, it sounds like you can download the game from someone with the cartridge, then go somewhere else and have other people download from you and play together.

However, it sounds like one of those features few developers will use, ever. Like custom soundtracks on the Wii (Excite Truck), or USB keyboards on the Wii.

 

[Neiteio]

I wish Nintendo put some of their "Nintendo Magic" into this game as I see a lot of potential. Right now it feels like a interesting but also generic looking submarine game. But imagine if they add some art style into it - give it "Star Fox" or "Advance Wars" kinda treatment and create some new Nintendo mascots to go with the game? That would be a new franchise right there for years to come. Would be nice if it is a launch title too.

I do feel Steel Diver has Nintendo Magic, in that more subtle "Sim City on Super NES" sort of way. Just as that game appeared to be mostly "generic" (read: down-to-earth) city-building with occasional cartoon touches like Dr. Wright, so too does Steel Diver lovingly simulate something -- in this case, naval warfare -- while adding a fantastical touch here and there for good measure. I already love the nautilus sea monster in the art!

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Personally, I'm thinking of taking the thumb strap off my DS Phat and using that if I can't get used to trying to use the stylus righty. Generally worked pretty well for me whenever I needed it on the DS...

This is what I gonna do, thumbstrap with Metroid Prime Hunters worked really well.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Super Street Fighter IV sounds pretty awesome.

I like how you can download play with the download play. In other words, it sounds like you can download the game from someone with the cartridge, then go somewhere else and have other people download from you and play together.

However, it sounds like one of those features few developers will use, ever. Like custom soundtracks on the Wii (Excite Truck), or USB keyboards on the Wii.

Sounds like something more people would use to me, Download a demo and share it with people. Kind of like Viral Demos :lol

That or they could just release the demo on the store.

 

[Keyouta]

I haven't seen much talk of the 3DS' OS. I know not everything has been revealed, but based on the preview video, what do you guys think?

 

[Vinterbird]

I haven't seen much talk of the 3DS' OS. I know not everything has been revealed, but based on the preview video, what do you guys think?

Next natural step from DSi. The ingame menu you can bring up is cool, but we'll know more next week.

 

[wrowa]

I don't want no fancy-smancy art on my Zelda box. I want this. With glorious shiny gold for the background. And no "3D" tacked onto the game title.

http://i.imgur.com/aKfRK.jpg[IMG]

Keeping it old-school.[/QUOTE]
PAL artwork or bust.

[img]http://npshare.de/thumbnails/add7c809/nf/500x500/SNC11224.th.JPG

So much better than the US one.

 

[Vinterbird]

PAL artwork or bust.

So much better than the US one.

Once in a while, we win.

 

[Neiteio]

Any impressions written up for Steel Diver? I'm very interested in the game now that I've seen the colorful promo art/screens shown for it at Nintendo's website.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

I was going to chime in.

Any Steel Diver or Pilotwings impressions? Anyone confirm the Zelda framerate? And where are the videos!!!

 

[wrowa]

Speaking of it, wasn't there supposed to be a video of Tales of the Abyss? Hopefully Namco plans to put it online these days, I'm curious whether or not they've downgraded the game technically.

(Yes, I'm aware that there shouldn't be any need for a downgrade and that the screenshots are looking quite the same, but after RR I don't trust Namco. Especially not, since I assume that TotA is going to be quite a quick and maybe dirty port)

 

[gkryhewy]

Is there a translated schedule for Day 2?

EDIT: nevermind, found one.

 

[Dreamwriter]

Because of using the slide-pad WITH the stylus. We can't use pens in our right hand with much precision.

Right, but Kid Icarus doesn't require super precision with the stylus, just general movements. Regardless, you better get used to it, Sakurai was proud of his control scheme for KI, and said he hopes other companies adopt it.

 

[Hex]

First high-quality box:

Why does that look like a blatant rip off of that Jurassic Park 3D-ish gif that has been used forever?

 

[Raelson]

Looking forward to the music today.

 

[Why would you do that?]

Sounds like something more people would use to me, Download a demo and share it with people. Kind of like Viral Demos :lol

That or they could just release the demo on the store.

Well, the original DS could sort of do that, but very few games used that feature.

Sonic Rush had it. Before I bought it, I would download the demo from someone with the full game and I'd never turn the system off and play it over and over. Those were fun times...

...Point is, DS Download Play felt way too under-utilized, and I have a feeling it'll be the same for the 3DS.

Looking forward to the music today.

I have a bad feeling it'll be the same music every day. However, if not, I desperately hope for Pokemon and maybe Kirby and Metroid music.

 

[louie]

Looking forward to the music today.

I don't know about anyone else but it's the reason i'm watching.

 

[Xrenity]

Why does that look like a blatant rip off of that Jurassic Park 3D-ish gif that has been used forever?

http://i.imgur.com/I5iup.gif[/IM][/QUOTE]
Because this is what dinosaurs look like.

 

[UncleSporky]

I don't know if this is just duplicating something somebody else already did, but here:

http://www.box.net/shared/d2y1fldstc

Nintendo Music Live album, four MP3s, trimmed to just the music (with silence inserted at beginning/end).

 

[Starwolf_UK]

...Point is, DS Download Play felt way too under-utilized, and I have a feeling it'll be the same for the 3DS.

Wasn't there talk of 3DS automatically installing demos (and probably firmware updates) using Spotpass...wait, probably not spotpass (which I'm guessing is smaller metadata like Miis, and Nintendogs) but the other communication for DS systems standing still whose name I've fotgotten (hopefully its not been dropped due to battery concerns, altough it could have been a huge mistranslation of spotpass for all I know).

Then I guess that would mean the NAND would have demo verisons of games you've recently played stored in it which it then sends to other systems.

 

[crisdecuba]

I don't know if this is just duplicating something somebody else already did, but here:

http://www.box.net/shared/d2y1fldstc

Nintendo Music Live album, four MP3s, trimmed to just the music (with silence inserted at beginning/end).

You, sir, rock.

+1 Internets for this man.

 

[JohnB]

Many, many kids read Atlus Shrugged or some other Rand novel in high school and think it's the most profound thing ever. I guess you either go Vonnegut and absurd humanism or Rand and objectivism in your teens. You know, because there are exactly two types of people.

O.T. but I recall this made me giggle when I read this for the first time the other week:

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

Cheers!

 

[JohnB]

I hope to hell Nintendo set up accounts for this system.

When I received as a gift a black Wii I couldn't believe I had to send my old Wii console back, along with the new one and wait a week or so just to transfer my purchases over.

And the black Wii had been roughed up something rotten in the process.

Cheers,
J

 

[XPE]

Wasn’t there a Ace combat 3DS game announced a while ago, no sign of that ?

 

[Regulus Tera]

I don't want no fancy-smancy art on my Zelda box. I want this. With glorious shiny gold for the background. And no "3D" tacked onto the game title.

Keeping it old-school.

if any piece of artwork has to be chosen for OoT, Ganondorf vs Link is the best one.

 

[Vinterbird]

I hope to hell Nintendo set up accounts for this system.

When I received as a gift a black Wii I couldn't believe I had to send my old Wii console back, along with the new one and wait a week or so just to transfer my purchases over.

And the black Wii had been roughed up something rotten in the process.

Cheers,
J

They've said as late back as E3 that they were aware of that problem for the Wii, and they would try and fix it for 3DS.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I don't know if this is just duplicating something somebody else already did, but here:

http://www.box.net/shared/d2y1fldstc

Nintendo Music Live album, four MP3s, trimmed to just the music (with silence inserted at beginning/end).

This is incredible. I missed that part, so hearing this is really something!

 

[Inferno313]

Random question that probably doesn't have an answer:

Will we be able to transfer DSiWare purchases to this?

 

[Regulus Tera]

I don't know if this is just duplicating something somebody else already did, but here:

http://www.box.net/shared/d2y1fldstc

Nintendo Music Live album, four MP3s, trimmed to just the music (with silence inserted at beginning/end).

 

[Father_Brain]

They've said as late back as E3 that they were aware of that problem for the Wii, and they would try and fix it for 3DS.

The DSi->3DS transfers could be accomplished via some ridiculous password system rather than actual user accounts. Best to keep expectations low here.

 

[seady]

If the worry is that people will confuse DS and 3DS boxes, I'd rather have the logo on the top than on the right.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to trying it out in the morning.

Yeah, I wish the put the logo on the top, and have the case open at the bottom. That would be unique. (would be nice if all covers are 3D too)

 

[seady]

I'm left handed and had trouble playing Kid Icarus, just saying.

I am left handed too and already have a lot of trouble playing games on the DS that forces you to use your right hand for stylus. Heroes of Mana comes to mind.

 

[Vinterbird]

The DSi->3DS transfers could be accomplished via some ridiculous password system rather than actual user accounts. Best to keep expectations low here.

Does the 3DS have an IR port? Because they will probably circumvent the DSiWare license transfer that way. Or sell us a separate cable.

 

[Cow Mengde]

This is a 3 day event, right? We're going to see more later tonight around the same time as last night right? What are they showing off tonight?

 

[Instro]

This is a 3 day event, right? We're going to see more later tonight around the same time as last night right? What are they showing off tonight?

Street Fighter and Resident Evil are tonight.

 

[Balb]

PAL artwork or bust.

So much better than the US one.

...really?

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Random question that probably doesn't have an answer:

Will we be able to transfer DSiWare purchases to this?

Yes, they've already said that you will be able to transfer DSiWare purchases to the 3DS. You can also transfer DSiWare and 3DS Ware purchases between 3DS machines.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Street Fighter and Resident Evil are tonight.

Does anyone know if they are gonna play any new pieces for the Music Live event, or will it be the same as yesterday's?

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Does anyone know if they are gonna play any new pieces for the Music Live event, or will it be the same as yesterday's?

Hopefully new. I'd love some awesome jazzy Kirby and Yoshi music.

 

[Edag Plata]

All the covers for 3DS games should be like that awesome 3D cover that Big Bang Mini has.

 

[Cipherr]

PAL artwork or bust.

So much better than the US one.

Wow that actually is better. Nice.